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From YouTube: Groton Economic Development Commission 12/1/22
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Groton Connecticut municipal meeting: Economic Development Commission December 1, 2022. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
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B
D
B
Very
very
lean
so
that
this
is
going
to
probably
be
a
very
quick
ly,
but
someone
wants
to
think
before
so
public
Communications
I
do
not
see
anyone
up
on
the
board.
Are
we
aware
of
anyone
that
wanted
to
speak
this
evening?
No
okay,
Gary
Nunn
approval
of
minutes.
Our
last
meeting
was
September.
1St
2022
minutes
were
included
in
the
package.
Do
we
have
any
changes
additions?
B
Amendments,
if
not
we'll
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
I
have
a
second
George
is
the
second
all
in
favor,
five
minutes
are
approved
old
business.
Just
to
refresh
several
months
ago,
Rachel
the
town
counselor
with
Franco
I
should
say,
came
before
the
the
commission
and
asked
our
some
guidance
and
maybe
some
recommendations
from
the
commission
regarding
the
vacant
properties
that
we
currently
have
downtown,
primarily
on
on
the
main
line.
Main
Street
down
there
Bob
has
gone
in
I've
done.
B
E
Yeah
I've
done
some
some
background.
Looking
on
it.
Basically,
my
recommendation
here
would
be
to
pass
forward
a
no
recommendation
to
Rachel
at
this
time.
Primarily
we
don't
have
the
staff
here
we're
sort
of
in
transition
ourselves,
and
you
know,
with
the
economic
climate.
The
way
it
is
I
think
we
need
to
really
have
something
thought
through
if
we're
going
to
recommend
any
any
action
on
that
level
and
I
I.
E
B
I
I
guess
I
would
concur
with
that.
I
do
have
anecdotal
information
from
some
people
that
have
looking
at
some
of
the
buildings
that
she
had
mentioned
and
that's
all
it
is
it's
anecdotal
from
the
standpoint
of
valuations
where
the
owner
of
the
building
says
well,
it's
worth
this
and
the
prospective
buyer
is
saying
well
the
building's
not
worth
anything
to
me
and
and
I,
don't
believe
any
other
recommendations
than
that.
E
I
would
just
acknowledge
that
it's
a
it's
a
great
question:
why
she's,
posing
it
and
asking
us
for
the
input.
I
understand
the
objective
to
promote
Economic,
Development
I.
Just
don't
think.
As
you
said,
it's
anecdotal
of
what
we've
collected
here
ourselves
and
we
haven't
constructive
with
it
with
anything
further
than
that
right
now.
Okay,.
B
Another
Fair
Point
is
with
the
current
economics
situation,
is,
is
even
to
entertain
recommendations
on
maybe
looking
at
a
Possible's
fee
structure
for
whatever
that's
like
that,
I,
don't
ever
think.
That's
a
good
idea
when
we're
facing
you
know
possible
recessions
and
such
so
I.
Just
you
know
that
would
my
only
recommendation
is
maybe
there's
something
to
be
table
for
now
and
and
bring
up
at
a
time
that
maybe
it's
a
little
bit
more
appropriate,
but
we'll
go
with
that.
So
just
respond,
if
you
don't
mind
just
responding
to
so.
D
If
I,
please
so
just
pushing
it
off
to
nebulous,
why
don't
we
just
say:
let's
come
back
to
it
in
March
or
April
second
quarter
of
first
quarter
next
year
and
hopefully
by
then
we
have
boosted
up
the
membership
and
there's
a
time
frame.
So
I
have
a
fine
members
by
then
and
then
get
something
done
instead
of
just
pushing
it.
B
B
Thank
you,
okay.
Well,
next,
stop,
which
is
something
always
there.
We
have
two
elect
officers
for.
Excuse
me,
the
upcoming
year
officers,
basically
the
three
positions
chairman
Vice,
chairman
and
secretary.
We
got
three
people
here,
I've
made
it
no
though
I
could
say
that
I've
gone
before
is:
we've
had
nominated
and
assigned
people
that
haven't
attend
the
meeting.
That's
one
of
the
downfalls
of
not
showing
up
you're
volunteered
I
am
not
seeking
the
chairmanship
again.
B
I've
done
three
years,
so
I
made
that
known
beforehand.
I
think
there
was
an
agreement
before
so.
Let's
we're
going
to
start
with
the
chairman
position,
I'd
like
to
nominate
Harvard
Boris,
as
the
new
commission
chairman
do
I
have
a
second
I.
Second,
do
we
have
any
discussion
Robert?
Would
you
like
to
discuss
it.
E
B
D
We
could
all
vote
for
Susan
Dowling
to
be
the
secretary
but
I
think
in
the
due
process.
Maybe
I
don't
know
we
have
not.
We
could
put
this
in
the
charter.
We
could
leave
it
to
the
town
manager
and
to
review
it,
but
why
don't
we
keep
the
other
two
positions?
Well,
we
don't
have
a
vice
chair.
Just
have
a
chair
for
the
time
being
for
next
three
months
now.
B
D
B
So
it
is
something,
even
though
it
is
Lauren
does
a
great
job
and
I
know
I
held
that
position.
If
my
person
came
on
Accord,
it
is
a
position
that
needs
to.
They
need
to
be
recorded
and
signed
off
on
by
a
commission
officer,
but
I've
also
known
that
the
chairman
is
able
to
sign
off
it's
Lula.
Yes,
so
that's
not
necessarily
A
a
major
problem.
D
But
if
I
can
add
on
yeah
the
whole
reason
we
did
the
wars
in
the
past,
we
had
no
recording,
we
had
no
minutes
taken
and
we
had
nobody
putting
pen
to
paper
of
what
was
discussed.
So
then
we
established
the
process
of
having
Town
staff
record
every
minute.
In
the
conversation,
then,
subsequently
we
ended
up
having
voice
recordings
and
eventually
now
we
have
video
recording.
But
in
the
past
we
had
none
of
those
and
it
was
fairly
arbitrary
on
what
was
in
the
minutes.
Yeah.
B
D
B
B
Does
yes
from
the
vice
chair
position,
and
it
was
something
if
you
were
I
was
going
to
have
the
conversation
with
you,
though,
I've
made
my
intention
to
know
that
I'm
staying
on
the
commission
itself
until
we
get
the
membership
back
up
again,
so
I'm
not
gonna
I'm,
not
going
to
sit
back
and
say
that
you
know
I'm
gonna.
Let
you
drive
I've
already
pledged
to
to
rob
that
I
will
work
with
him.
Okay,
get
him
up
on
those
things
from
seniority
and
for
what
you've
done
to
this
commission.
B
D
B
So
so
my
my
aspect
was
that
either
would
be
even
if
I
did
the
vice
chair.
It
would
be
an
interim
basis
and
I
just
try
to
be
clear
on
that
and
I'm
fine
with
that
aspect
of
it.
So
I
just
would
rather
have
us
to
have
the
positions
and,
if
you're
willing
to
do
the
interim
secretary
to
do
that,
let's
do
a
three
officers
and
then
we'll
be
going.
B
C
B
George,
are
you
seconding
that
nomination
because
I'm
suddenly,
second,
all
in
favor
aye,
okay,
that
I'll
nominate
George
as
the
secretary
second
I
got
a
second
all
in
favor
all
right
right,
so
we
got
that
done
and,
as
I
said,
I
think
the
core
group
will
be
fine
going
forward
and
and
I'll
address
the
the
aspects
of
some
prospects
we
have
in
the
chairman
of
making
a
change.
Those
at
any
time
correct
you
just
correct
I
mean
it's.
B
B
B
B
B
My
perspective
is:
is
this
is
not
the
time
to
be
changing
anything
there's
nothing
in
here
that
glares
at
me,
it's
like.
Oh,
this
is
something
we've
come
across.
That
we
need
to
address.
I
would
just
say,
take
a
look
at
them.
Go
through
them
if
we
want
to
raise
something
in
the
future,
especially
when
new
members
come
on
board
that
might
change,
but
I
I
didn't
see.
I
went
through
him
and
I
was
like
okay,
everything's,
pretty
straightforward
here
and
then
they've
served
us
at
this
point.
Yes,
I.
C
Was
just
noting
that
changes
can
be
made
at
any
time
correct
and
actually,
if
you
look
at
a
copy
in
the
packet,
it
says
amended
and
adopted
February
6
2020.,
so
that
that
proves
that
the
EDC
has
made
changes
in
the
past
at
times
that
do
not
align
in
November
of
any
year.
So
I
think
that
aligns
with
what
you're
saying
if
we
get
more
members
and
people
want
to
make
changes
in
the
future,
we
can
do
so.
B
C
C
C
F
B
B
I
have
you
know,
covet
was
a
little
bit
different.
I
I
made
the
attempt
this
year
to
to
present
it
to
the
council,
and
then
we
also
had
the
issue
that
was
they
were
addressing
at
the
time
and
we
bumped
from
that
meeting
and
and
I
wasn't
ever
invited
back-
that's
not
here
or
there,
but
they
were
presented
and
they've
always
been
presented
to
them
same
way.
B
F
B
B
B
One
com
is
coming
from
there
Mahan
the.
Unfortunately,
the
appointment
we
had
due
to
illness
had
to
be
postponed
and
then
another
one
that
that
Paige
has
been
in
in
contact
with
who
comes
from
a
former
Pfizer
employee
I
believe
so
have
the
right
mindset
of
what
really
I
mean
George
knows
better
than
any
of
us,
because
you've
been
you've
been
doing
it
a
while
and
your
commitment
to
staying
on
the
commission
is,
you
know
you
do
you
handle
at
your
aspect
Susan
the
same
way
I?
B
That
has
got
to
be
the
commitment
of
everyone,
so
we
got
four
people
now
two
prospects
and
and
maybe
those
work
out,
but
if
you
know
people
that
really
want
to
get
into
what
we're
supposed
to
be
doing
here,
it
behooves
everyone
to
bring
them
on
board.
I.
Look
at
everything
this
way
because
we're
five-year
term
and
that
might
make
people
go
like
five
years.
I
say
it's
people
even
I
hire.
Give
me
a
year.
Give
me
12
months.
B
B
So
recruitment
is
the
key
for
us
at
this
point
in
time.
There's
a
lot
of
discouragement
from
people
I've
spoken
to
because
of
the
negative
press.
That's
been
out
there
that
a
bit
of
personal
attacks
that
have
gone
on
not
only
from
the
commission
standpoint,
but
also
from
people
that
we're
trying
to
bring
in
as
developers
and
such
when
I
first
came
on
board
and
and
the
people
I've
sat
with
here.
B
There's
a
lot
of
positive
fives
with
what
was
going
on.
We
we
all
jumped
on
it.
I,
don't
know
if
you
joined
us
on
that
George,
but
Paige
put
us
all
in
a
van
and
took
us
on
all
the
different
places
that
we
had
that
we
were
promoting
across.
Not
the
state
across
the
region
and
Sam
and
Paige
had
been
going
to
Boston
and
New
York
and,
and
really
you
know
and
I
say
it
all.
The
time
is.
B
B
Unfortunately,
because
we've
had
lost
members
and
and
such
like
that
and
the
timing
we
really
haven't
been
able
to,
you
know,
respond
to
that.
Rob
and
I
did
speak
on
Tuesday.
He
has
agreed
as
the
new
chair
to
represent
the
commission
on
David's,
commission
or
his
committee
and
we'll
see
what
that's
all
about.
I
mean
I
I
know
where
they're
coming
from
I.
Just
don't
have
enough
feedback
for
the
commission
to
say
yeah.
B
This
is
so
Rob
will
report
back
and
and
we'll
go
from
there
and
you
know
we'll
see
if
we
can
make
that
work
on
that
side
too,
and
maybe
you
know,
have
a
voice
from
that
standpoint.
So
that's
really
all
I
have
for
that.
I
didn't
hear
anything
about
general
report
did
I,
that's
all
we
went
over
I
think
that's
it.
Thank
you.
So
we
covered
that.
My
last
chair
report.
A
C
Then
had
detailed
conversations
with
the
representative
from
Thea
Mahan,
who
had
initially
been
contacted
by
George,
so
thank
you.
George
for
that
and
George
is
actually
put
forward
a
couple
names,
so
he's
been
working
on
that
front.
Unfortunately,
the
Thayer
Mahan
representative
contacted
us
I
think
the
day
before
or
maybe
the
day
of
and
had
covet,
so
we
are
working
on
it
and
we're
hoping
to
get
the
right
people-
it's
not
just,
as
was
mentioned,
not
in
my
report.
C
I
think
most
people
know
that
Sam
and
I.
We
do
more
than
sit
here
in
this
building.
We
do
our
best
to
be
proactive
and
get
outside
abroad
and
in
many
cases
outside
of
the
state.
Next
week
we
will
be
in
New
York
City
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
at
the
icsc
conference,
which
we
have
gone
to
for
numerous
years,
and
we
also
go
to
Boston
and
they
used
to
have
it
in
Hartford.
They
have
it.
In
a
few
years
we
used
to
do
that
as
well.
C
We
have
a
table
which
is
uncommon
for
most
municipalities,
but
our
our
objective
is
to
continue
to
promote
Groton
and
get
us
on
the
map
and
the
the
good
thing
is
that
people
recognize
us
year
after
year.
Hey
you've
been
coming
for
a
few
years
and
we
keep
doing
it
and
we
tend
to
think
long
term.
It
really
helps
on
Tuesday,
also
not
in
the
report.
C
I
went
to
the
Connecticut
economic
Summit,
which
was
in
New
Haven
at
Yale,
pretty
successful
hundreds
of
economic
participants,
Governor
decd,
Representatives,
locals
Etc,
and
it
was
interesting
format.
It
was
fun
as
well
humorous
at
times,
there's
actually
a
video.
They
recorded
the
whole
thing
one
of
the
segments.
They
actually
did
a
talk
on
the
stage
where
they
invited
Kevin
graney,
the
president
of
EB
and
David
Lehman
from
decd
just
kind
of
had
a
casual
conversation.
C
It
was
most
fascinating
now
we
know
the
story
about
EB,
but
hearing
him
in
front
of
hundreds
of
people
in
Connecticut
to
talk
about
our
story.
It
was
a
one-on-one,
they
didn't
break
it
down.
It
was
whatever
15
minutes,
20
minutes,
and
he
said
the
number
of
higher
E's
or
highers
is
going
up
beyond
what
they
originally
thought,
and
he
basically
said
we're
now,
looking
at
3
000
new
hires
every
year
for
two
decades,
and
that
really
made
an
impression
people
were
pretty
excited
about
that.
C
It's
not
a
one
year
it's
a
year
over
year,
and
it
definitely
has
captured
the
attention
of
people
throughout
the
state.
So
I
just
want
to
bring
that
up.
Just
jumping
into
some
of
the
highlights
our
arpa
funding
we're
still
dealing
with
the
Council
on
that.
At
the
moment
we
went
before
them.
November
15th
and
next
Tuesday
staff
from
the
department
will
be
before
the
council
recommending
next
steps
on
how
to
engage
directly
with
certain
applicants
we're
dealing
with
multi-million
on
that
Community
challenge
Grant.
C
This
is
great
news
and
I
have
to
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
Sam
on
this
we're,
obviously
a
team,
but
we
worked
for
a
while
to
put
together
an
idea
for
grant
funding
through
the
state.
Sam
was
the
one
that
really
put
the
puzzle
together.
Did
the
final
details,
even
after
it's
submittal
dealing
with
all
the
questions,
the
inquiries
daily
from
the
state?
C
We
are
finalists
for
that
award
and
I'm
going
to
wait
until
we
get
the
notice
but
I
think
it's
great
news,
hopefully,
over
the
next
few
weeks,
we'll
hear
how
great
it
was,
but
it
deals
with
Pequannock,
Road
number
of
housing
developments
and
also
some
commercial
interests,
and
that's
combined
with
some
of
the
projects
that
the
town
is
doing
as
well.
So
it
definitely
caught
the
attention
of
the
state
and
I
think
they
view
it
as
one
of
the
greatest
submittals
that
they
had
received
for
this
program
to
date.
B
C
B
If
George
knows
when
I
first
started
here,
the
whole
thing
was
sense
of
place,
we're
trying
to
find
a
sense
of
place
and
there's
that
Corridor
there.
That
has
all
the
ability
to
give
us
the
sense
of
place.
But
it's
really
been
just
just
sat
there.
The
development
was
never
in
a
plan,
it
just
kind
of
evolved
and
that's
what
we
have
so
I've
always
said.
Is
you
you
find
a
spot
like
that
and
once
you
do
it,
then
things
grow
off
of
that.
B
So
even
with
this
initial
and
keep
our
fingers
crossed
that
we
get
the
funding
that
we're
looking
for
it'll
also
be
exponential,
as
we
see
other
people
coming
in
and
expand
off
of
it
on
both
ways.
So
I
think
that's
probably
the
biggest
news
and,
as
I
said,
we
keep
our
mouth
shut.
So
we
know
for
sure,
but
that
goes
back
to
what
I
was
saying
before.
C
News
thanks,
perfect
segue
as
well
to
talk
about
the
community
investment
fund.
That's
that's
kind
of
a
cousin
to
this
Community
challenge.
Grant
and
Sam
will
be
leading
a
couple
of
those
initiatives
as
well.
We
went
before
the
council
and
and
basically
put
forward
three
ideas
and
we
are
going
to
proceed
forward
on
that.
Those
are.
This
is
a
heavily
well-funded
program
at
the
state
level
as
well,
and
the
Segway
is
since
we're
dealing
with
Pequannock.
C
One
of
the
top
projects
will
be
the
Thames
Valley
Council
for
Community
Action
tvcca,
who
has
a
daycare
need
and
they
want
to
build
an
entirely
new
facility.
They
will
take
the
lead
on
that.
We
will
play
a
supporting
role,
but
that's
squarely
in
that
Quantic
area
as
well.
So
we're
hoping
to
use
success
from
a
challenge
Grant
to
help
us
leverage
additional
funding
for
tvcca
and
then
the
other
two
projects
would
be
Groton
Heights.
C
Although
player
Mahan
is
working
with
us
on
that
is
some
significant
environmental
contamination
and
and
we're
hoping
to
get
some
grant
funding
to
help
to
expedite
that
and
then
Pleasant
Valley.
You
know,
even
though
we
went
through
a
process
before
we
had
a
number
of
developers
interested
the
first
one
didn't
quite
work
out
and
we
think
it
would
be
advantageous
to
demolish
the
building
prep
the
site.
When
the
council's
ready,
then
we
can
move
forward
and
attract
the
appropriate
development.
C
Yeah
demolition
demolition
is
Sealy
and
that
wasn't
even
done
by
the
town.
It
was
done
privately,
so
it's
got
to
be
cheaper.
That
was
over
a
million
dollars
and
they
left
a
lot
of
the
debris
on
site.
If
we
do
it,
it's
going
to
have
to
be
clean,
environmental
remediation,
remove
the
degree
I'm,
probably
looking
at
something
around
two
million
dollars.
C
C
C
C
We
have
some
serious
headwind,
and
so
we
wanted
to
be
honest
about
that,
and
then
we
also
talked
about
the
opportunities
in
the
back
end
in
terms
of
public
property.
The
only
thing
that's
really
advancing
at
this
point
is
Colonel
Ledyard
and
the
developer
that
we
are
in
agreements
with
Bell
site.
They
just
submitted
their
plans
to
the
city's
Planning
and
Zoning
for
the
multi-family
housing.
So
stranger,
that's
our
smallest
project,
but
it's
the
one
that
has
advanced
the
most
I
think
the
last
point
I
would
make.
C
We
always
have
our
metrics
that
you
can
read
on
your
own,
but
the
last
Point
there's
a
slight
uptick
on
from
our
unemployment
percentage,
but
that
could
be
a
seasonal
fluctuation,
but
we
have
been
tracking
those
through
covid
and
we
were
going
down
for
a
while
it
just
it
seems
to
have
bottomed
and
maybe
slightly
climbing
and
that's
also
the
case
with
the
state.
Although
it's
a
tenth
of
a
percent,
it
is
going
up
a
little
bit.
D
D
A
D
D
Halal
group,
they
don't
have
a
site
in
Connecticut
they
have
in
in
New
York.
Where
is
it
all
over?
But
the
fact
is
we
want
to
be
again
when
it
says
Halal
is
the
way
of
preparation.
It's
just
like
that
kosher
food,
which
is
about
the
same
actually
the
fact
that
we're
having
all
this
in
flux,
so
new
people
and
Supply
chains
and
employees
coming
in
employee,
sit.
C
E
That's
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Jordan,
thank
you
for
child
care.
Has
EB
or
Pfizer
worked
with
the
town
for
anything
before
in
the
past.
For
this
is
there
any
way
we
could
discuss
further
what
they're
doing
to
support
with
that
inflow
of
new
hires
and
things.
It
seems
like
an
issue.
That's
just
gonna
get
well.
They.
C
B
Pfizer
yeah,
EB
and
I
got
this
when
I
came
on,
because
we
were
dealing
with
it,
everything
was
coming
out.
We
built
submarines,
you
guys
built
the
house
again,
something
like
that.
The
feedback
I've
got
a
little
bit
is
they're
changing
their
tune,
a
little
bit
in
that
HR
area.
From
from
we
built
submarines.
You
guys
did
this
too.
Maybe
we
should
be
a
little
bit
more
supportive
because
they're
having
a
very
difficult
time
of
those
numbers
that
they
need
to
produce,
the
government
holds
them
responsible
for
the
numbers,
not.
D
E
F
B
D
B
Guess
the
only
leverage
we
have
is
just
as
I
said:
it's
a
big
feedback
from
people.
I
know
that
work
in
hrd
and
stuff
like
that,
is
the
the
tones
changing
a
little
bit
because
the
government
holds
them
responsible
for
the
numbers
they
need.
So
it
doesn't
go
back,
so
we
might
be
able
to
say.
If
we
get
a
is
hey
we're
here:
you're
having
a
tough
time
hiring
these
numbers,
maybe
we
can
help,
they
might
be
more
receptive,
because
that's
just
my
understanding,
so
I
can
further
that
my
contact.
B
B
F
B
Well,
yeah
tying
it
in
with
the
tvcc
saying
is
then
you
say:
okay
now
we
can
actually
Supply.
You
know,
you
know
that
it
might
all
be
a
something
to
bring
all
together
at
one
point
and
then
EB's
got
a
little
bit
of
incentive.
Saying
we
also
subsidized
some
Child
Care
here
might
induce
people
to
be
more
apt.
D
C
A
B
E
B
C
Did
the
survey
during
covid
when
people
small
businesses
will
coming
back
online?
What
are
your
small
business
issues
number
one?
They
said
labor
and
they
talked
about
supply
chain
materials.
Etc
number
three
child
care,
because
if
their
workers
do
not
have
adequate
child
care,
they
don't
come
to
work,
they
don't
yeah.
We
see
the.
B
Do
you
do
you
know
it's
it's
a
yeah,
it's
it's
yeah,
it's
Universal.
We
call
them
call
outs,
but
it's
usually
that's
the
reasons
and
I
say
that
all
right
I
do
it.
I
have
several
offices,
so
I
might
have
four
call
outs
a
day
from
and
you're
coming.
But
if
you
talk
to
any
restaurant
and
any
employer
in
the
area,
just
like
hey
what
happened,
I
had
two
fallouts
I
had
two
call
outs.
B
B
F
You
know
that's
why
we
have
MWR
and
Child
Care
on
days
watching
buff.
It
is
I,
guess
technically
on
base
and
all
the
other
programs
are
trying
to
get
families.
Happy
I
was
just
an
ADC
conference
and
one
of
the
especially
was
a
really
good
conference,
adc's
Association
of
Defense
communities,
and
it's
a
group
that
is
made
up
members.
F
F
F
It's
going
to
allow
us
to
continue
to
birth,
the
Virginia
class
and
and
the
old
La
class
boats
there
for
for
years
to
come
very
large
investment
by
the
Navy
in
the
base,
which
you
know
shows
the
support
for
it,
which
is
which
is
great
and
within
a
year
or
so.
Hopefully
we're
going
to
be
starting
another
one.
We're
going
to
expand
the
third
Pier
31.
C
E
F
One
of
our
newer
peers
we're
going
to
make
that
a
little
bit
longer
to
take
the
new
block,
five
submarines
that
are
like
80
feet
longer
than
the
ones
we
have
now.
So
that's
that's
gonna
happen,
then,
after
that
we're
gonna
we're
gonna,
do
a
new,
pier
eight.
So
that's
three
big
fear
projects
that'll,
hopefully
be
done
here
in
the
coming
years.
So
that's
exciting,
plus,
of
course,
we're
redoing
our
weapons
area,
weapons
compound
as
well,
so
lots
of
investment
up
there,
which
is
exciting
a
whole
day.
F
F
F
So
a
couple
of
the
things
just
gonna
mention,
if
you
do
get
new
members
or
have
members
I,
don't
know
how
long
some
of
you
have
been
on
or
if
you've
been
to
the
base
lately.
If
anybody
wants
a
tour,
let
me
know
you
can
always
arrange
that
as
a
group
or
individually
or
whatever,
and
show
you
around
talk
a
little
bit
of
ADC.
F
D
F
Defense
communities,
infrastructure
program,
I,
believe,
is
what
that
stands
for,
and
they
provide
money
for
communities
for
any
kind
of
infrastructure
projects
that
would
benefit
the
community
and
the
base.
So
especially
things
that
the
base
might
be
you
know,
causing
stress
on
the
community
in
some
way,
like
fire
department's,
not
big
enough
problems
with
sewer
lines.
You
know
School
issues,
things
like
that.
F
There's
there's
there's
money
available,
it's
a
very
competitive
program,
but
they
keep
getting
more
money
each
year,
I
think
last
year
they
got
under
100
million
like
90
million
or
something
this
year,
they're
talking
somewhere
between
150
million
so
every
year
to
get
more
money.
So
just
start
thinking.
If
you
have
any
projects,
the
town
go
Center.
D
F
F
F
In
my
predecessor,
Adams
actually
in
charge
of
this
program-
oh
not
saying
that'll
help,
but
it's
certainly
so
yeah,
so
he's
he's
actually
that's
kind
of
his
baby.
So
it's
a
good
program
and
we
tried
to
get
it
a
couple
years
ago
for
sewer
pump
station,
it's
at
the
end
of
Crystal
Lake
Road,
but
unfortunately
we
found
out
that
that
was
actually
on
Navy
property
and
these
projects
have
to
be
off
Navy
properties
really
for
the
community,
not
for
the
Navy.
A
F
We're
going
we're
working
with
with
Geo
now
to
put
a
grant
together
to
get
some
final
plans
together
for
upgrading
some
transmission
lines
and
water
lines
and
things,
and
that
would
be
something
that
these
that
could
be
a
stepping
okay
for
sure.
With
that
study,
we'll
have
you
know
we'll
we'll
have
some
plans
on
the
table
ready
to
go
and
estimates.
F
Yeah
and
that's
also
an
ovc
program
yeah
as
well
agency
program,
so
we're
gonna
that
money's-
not
it's
not
really
competitive.
You
just
have
to
qualify
for
it.
So
we're
thinking
we're
going
to
get
it
so,
hopefully,
in
the
next
year
or
two
we'll
have
that
study
done
and
then
we
can
maybe
try
to
do
something
through
diesel
to
fund
some
of
that
or
all
of
that.
C
Can
you
do
me
a
favor
and
forward
any
information
you
have
on
that
program,
the
federal
program,
because
you
know
we
sometimes
the
left
hand,
doesn't
know
what
the
right
hand
is
always
doing,
and
if,
if
you
send
it
to
us,
we
can
try
and
certainly
get
it
to
the
town
manager
who
can
send
it
to
Public
Works
and
a
variety
of
departments
to
find
out.
Is
there
a
project
we
would
be
interesting,
I.
D
F
And
it's
right
there
on
the
front
page
and
I
think
they're
going
to
be
looking
for
applications
in
March
or
April.
It's
the
the
the
one
of
the
leaders
of
that
group.
Had
the
discussion
at
the
at
the
ADC
conference
said:
it's
always
tough
for
them,
because
they
don't
know
what
they're
getting
for
money
or
the
details
until
the
until
the
budget
is
passed
right
until
the
ndaas
passed
and
by
the
time
that's
passed.
F
D
F
F
F
So
please
open
Alaska
I
got
money
for
5
million
for
energy
improvements,
microgrid
battery
storage,
Etc,
there's
a
whole
list
of
them
here:
hand,
scum
gut
money
for
a
cyber
operations
center
1.2
million
Hampton
Virginia
got
seven
million
for
joint
use.
Firing
range,
there's
all
kinds
of
things.
That
I
mean
it's
anything
like
that.
That
would
benefit
Community
and
the
base
is,
is
certainly.
B
F
I
mean
I
mean
you
know,
we
understand,
and
obviously
people
have
this
program
understand
that
the
Navy,
you
know
not
only
Navy
military
bases
do
put
a
crimp
on
the
community.
I
mean
there's
issues
that
arise
and
this
is
to
help.
You
know
help
smooth
some
of
those
out.
So
it's
a
great
program.
We
always
wish
it
was
more
money,
but.
B
D
B
F
B
G
Away
so
I
did
submit
my
my
report,
so
it's
in
your
packet
I
will
touch
base
on
the
cost
of
power
so
that
that's
going
up
basically
for
everybody,
but
I'll
touch
base
on
GG's
standpoint.
So
in
April
we
did
have
a
first
Power
adjustment
that
went
up
17
starting
January
1st.
We
anticipate
another
additional
nine
percent
increase
for
that,
so
that
equates
to
essentially
a
28
increase
in
2022
or
30
dollars
per
month
for
our
average
residential
customer.
That
is
highly
unusual
for
for
GU
and
so
I.
G
Although
times
are
tough
and
and
there's
certainly
some
challenges,
I
think
it
just
proves
again
that
having
a
municipal,
owned,
Public
Power
entity
is
to
our
advantage,
but
definitely
it's
a
good
year
to
conserve,
check
out
ground
utilities,
conservation
programs
there's
a
wide
variety
of
programs
for
our
residences
and
businesses.
Now
is
the
time
to
take
advantage
of
those
type
of
programs
and
also,
if
you
feel
in
the
mood
to
give
feel
free
to
give
to
Grant
Human
Services
ground
utilities
will
match
every
dollar
that
you
give
to
Grand
Human
Services
energy
assistance
program.
B
F
B
F
B
G
B
As
a
sidebar
I
just
saw
it,
I
was
reading
the
article
on
it
because
I've
mentioned
the
page
before,
because
I
have
friends
in
the
nuclear
they
actually
former
Navy
and
the
first
approval
I
think
from
the
Department
of
energy
of
a
react.
A
small
reactor
that
can
power
I
think
was
like
60
000
homes,
but
the
beauty
of
these
things
are
is,
if
you
put
them
in
thick,
if
there's
any
problem
with
them,
they
shut
right
down.
It's
not
like.
You
have
a
problem
with
the
billstone.
It's
like.
B
Oh
my
God,
it's
you
know
how
do
you
pull
them
and
such,
but
you
can
take
them
offline
and
move
that
to
the
same
way
we
do
with
our
normal
grid,
and
so
they
finally
got
approval
of
this
they're
very
cost
prohibitive,
but
from
clean
energy.
There's
nothing
cleaner,
there's,
absolutely
nothing
leaner
than
nuclear
power
and
guess
what,
when
the
wind's
not
blowing,
they
still
work.
B
C
C
Well,
there
will
be
meetings.
There
were
three
meetings,
one
in
Norwich
December
12,
one
in
Groton,
Thursday,
December
15th
at
12.,
and
a
virtual
meeting
December
15th
at
6
30
and
the
purpose
is
Connecticut.
Dot
is
conducting
a
legislative
study
to
investigate
feasibility
and
of
and
market
for,
establishing
new
passenger
train
station
and
the
town
of
Groton
and
Stonington
Borough,
extending
Shoreline
East
rail
line,
establishing
a
new
passenger
rail
service
from
the
city
of
New
London
to
the
City
of
Norwich
and
extending
bus
services
in
Southeastern
Connecticut.
C
So
the
state
has
allocated
a
lot
of
money,
there's
a
really
a
small
gap
between
Shoreline
East
and
the
Rhode
Island
line,
and
that's
what
this
is
focused
on
and
I
think
the
feds
and
the
state
are
going
to
close
the
gap.
Now
where
people
might
be
misunderstood
when
they
hear
this,
they
think
great
we're
going
to
have
a
train
next
year.
It's
not
going
to
be
that
quick
and
it's
expensive,
but
this
is
the
last
Gap
The
Last
Mile,
so
to
speak
so
again,
I
would
encourage
people
to
participate.
C
Probably
the
Groton
meeting
again
Thursday
December
15th
12
p.m.
In
person
at
the
submarine
Force
Library
Museum,
you
can
actually
go
through
the
museum
for
free
afterwards,
if
you
care
to
or
the
virtual
meeting
Thursday
December
15th
6
30
p.m.
If
people
are
interested-
and
they
hear
this
get
in
touch
with
us-
we're
more
than
happy
to
try
to
share
this
information,
we'll
put
it
on
the
web
as
well.
B
When
you
say
it's
a
very
costly
thing,
it's
like
that
I
would
I
would
assume
establishing
a
line
from
New
London
to
Norwich,
since
there
is
an
existing
line
there
is
there
not
that
I
know
yeah,
but
there
well
that's
an
extreme,
but
it
can
open
a
station
here.
You're
just
tapping
into
the
existing
line,
correct.
C
B
B
D
C
C
As
simple
as
having
the
state
say,
yeah
we're
gonna
extend
the
line.
There's
a
lot
of
coordination.
There'll
be
a
lot
of
legal
agreements,
Financial
liability,
Etc
it
takes
time,
but
for
in
the
legislation
from
the
state
they
have
acknowledged.
Specifically
a
train
station
in
Groton
I
would
encourage
people
to
look.
For
example,
like
the
back
side
of
the
Big
Y
Plaza,
look
at
the
land
there's
a
lot
of
land
in
there.
Of
course,
a
train
station,
the.
B
C
E
B
C
A
year,
or
so
now
after
you're,
like
the
the
original
a
while
ago,
when
they
had
that
whole
Northeast
Corridor
study
people
kind
of
really
got
upset.
It's
because
the
existing
Northeast
Corridor
line
is
it
has
some
real
physical
limitations,
it's
old
it
floods,
so
I
think
the
engineers
are
going
to
look
at.
If
we
extend
this,
where
is
the
scenario
where
would
it
go?
What
are
the
engineering
challenges,
the
physical
challenges
and
then,
of
course,
different
cost
scenarios
and
moving
forward.
D
Much
but
I
think
it's
also
good
going
back
to
our
conversation.
The
fact
that
if
you
could
sort
of
have
something
like
that
in
rotten,
as
well
as
having
something
in
New
London,
that
small
one
mile
is
a
very
valuable
one
mile
boat
for
EB
and
and
the
sub
base,
and
this
annual
3000
Workforce
that
needs
to
get
on
train,
maybe
to
go
to
a
nearby
Township
to
live
in.
But
you're
talking
about.
C
Is
to
connect
to
Rhode
Island
I'll.
Tell
you
why?
Because
the
MBTA
comes
out
of
Boston
in
almost
they're,
pretty
close
to
Connecticut
they're,
almost
to
Kingston,
which
is
where
URI
is.
So.
If
kinetic
comes
to
Rhode
Island,
you
basically
are
connecting
the
New
York
commuter
line
to
the
Boston
commuter
line.
They
meet.
Logan
Rhode,
Island
Connecticut
live
we're
right
there.
So
it's
not
a
goal
is
not
local
per
se.
It's
to
connect
the
two
Metro
lines
so.
B
B
Any
other
additional
quizzes
hearing,
none
I,
wish
everyone
a
healthy
and
happy
holiday
season
and
hopefully
we'll
have
a
larger
number
of
January
when,
when
Rob
takes
over
the,
we
don't
have
a
gavel
here,
but
but
that'll
entertain
a
motion
to
return
motion.
Second
Susan's
on
the
line
by
the
way.
So
do
you
want
a
second
the
motion
to
adjourn.